136mph Subaru jump

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:39 pm

It was at the Jim Clark Memorial Rally last year. The car and driver Barry Johnon went on to finish the event well iirc

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:18 am

really? :? that was one well built car

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:20 am

It shagged the suspension on that jump though :lol:

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:23 am

The car went on the limiter on the crest and thats 220 KPH!

When we landed we were both winded and the shockers burst thats what caused the fire, the boot and rear quarters are bent down about 6 inches

"It was one small step for mankind"

They say no "pain no gain" and this is true cos i am going to gain a canny bill for the repairs.

The bottom line is we are both going to recover and thats all that matters [:Y:]

On a lighter note; when i was in A+E the doctor came in and asked what had happened.

I explained it went like this;

I was doing 220KPH down the road, he said what type of road, i said single track back road.Then i took off on a jump and flew 60 metres and landed heavily... He said "your in the wrong hospital mate the mental hospital is 5 miles up the road"

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:25 am

Mr Fletcher · Post by **Mr Fletcher** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:29 am

holy sh*t

cheers

jason

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:02 am

Those stills really show the full extent of the 'flight path'

Love the A&E conversation

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:04 am

nice photos!

ScoobieWRX · Post by **ScoobieWRX** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:24 am

I am not only totally gobsmacked by the control the driver has over the car but also how come the suspension doesn't break or the dampers don't end up shooting through the bonnet.

Just amazing!!

Nice frame by frame Duncan :thumb:

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:27 am

I think they did Francis